tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33960805.post4763169681705441857..comments2015-06-30T19:49:55.660-07:00Comments on Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry: A Closer Look: Antipsychotics for Dementia: A Psychiatrist SpeaksCL Psychhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13990549972520745769noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33960805.post-25225975976904605452007-12-05T01:28:00.000-08:002007-12-05T01:28:00.000-08:00I work in psychiatry and I can remember patients o...I work in psychiatry and I can remember patients on an elderly care ward ten years ago being drugged up to keep them quiet. Then the drug of choice was Meleril, (Thioridizine), now off the market. <BR/><BR/>The policy was simple if they were disruptive, ie restless and wandering 10mg Meleril, if that didn't work then up the Meleril and keep increasing the dose until the patient was comatose sat in their chair.<BR/><BR/>As a newly qualified staff nurse I did not have the confidence or authority to challenge this prtactice but I do remember questioning the widom of giving a confused patient a drug that made the patient even more confused. (Often this made the agitation worse at least in the short term, until the patient lost conciousness).<BR/><BR/>In this I have to say my nursing colleagues were just as complicit as their medical colleauges. The worst offenderes were the care assistants who would bully new staff nurses like me into persuading a young SHO to prescribe the drug in the first place so that they could have a quiet life. The night staff were the worse offenders.<BR/><BR/>So I am not surprised that the same thing is going on now. Thje drugs may have changed but the practice has not.Enoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33960805.post-64707410147353612022007-12-03T06:55:00.000-08:002007-12-03T06:55:00.000-08:00Dear Co-Bloggers,December 10th is the Internationa...Dear Co-Bloggers,<BR/><BR/>December 10th is the International Day dedicated to Human Rights and this is why I am forwarding you an invitation, to take part of this worldwide activity.<BR/><BR/>Leave your mark on that day, and help us show all that we are all One World, One Life.<BR/><BR/>I know you have your own concerns in this matter, and this is why I want to make people aware of it.<BR/><BR/>I am inviting you to go to www.phoenixadaeternum.blogspot.com and see how you could be a member of this network that holds for one cause: the cause of humanity, the cause of Human Rights.<BR/><BR/>Thank you,<BR/>SamSAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06347931788211752492noreply@blogger.com